Takoradi, Aug 6, GNA- An unidentified cyclist was on Monday morning at around 0930 hours crushed to death at the Takoradi Polytechnic traffic light area by an articulated truck loaded with boards for export.

The truck with registration number FZB 134 X belonged to the John Bitar Timber Company at Essikadu and was loaded with sawn lumber meant for the Takoradi Harbour.

The truck crushed the deceased head and body spilling out his brain and intestines but the bicycle was not damaged. According to an eyewitness, Mr. Osei Manu a taxi driver, he was behind the articulated truck when the cyclists ignored persistent horns being blown by the truck driver.

He said within seconds, the wooded support of the lumber on the truck trapped the cyclist and threw him to the ground and the back tyres of the truck run over the him.

The driver of the truck, Kobina Tawiah said he blew the horn and passed by but suddenly heard a sound at the rear of the vehicle and stopped only to realise that the cyclist had been crushed.

Several onlookers and sympathisers shed tears while others criticised truck drivers for their disregard for cyclist and other road users. Personnel of the Motor Traffic Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Central Police Station, Regional Coordinator of the Road Safety Commission, Mr. Thomas B. Boakye and the Ghana national Fire Service (GNFS) were there to removal the remains of the deceased from the road.